VIDEO: Govt. using satellite launch to fool the people - Mangala
November 29, 2012 02:53 pm
The people have the
right to know whether the money used for launching Sri Lanka’s first satellite
was from the Maha Raja’s fund or LTTE funds, UNP MP Mangala
Samaraweera stated.
He said that even
though the satellite launch was publicized in the country as Sri Lanka’s first
satellite, the Chinese media has only revealed it to be China’s 18thsatellite launch. He stated that only one Chinese media channel stated that a
small portion of the technology used for the satellite launch was purchased by
a Sri Lankan company.
Speaking at a press
conference held in Colombo today (November 29), the MP stated that you cannot rent
out a corner of a room in a house and claim that the house belongs to you adding that the government
is trying to fool the people with misinformation.
MP Samaraweera claimed
that while the people are suffering in hunger, the Rajapaksa family is more involved
in showing them the stars without addressing the actual problems of the people.
He added that the
government responded to the public needs by waiving taxes off racing cars which
he said was similar to when the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette told the
people to eat cake if they couldn’t get bread during the time of the French
Revolution.
The UNP
Parliamentarian also added that the tragic stories of poverty and abandonment
which were heard in countries like Somalia and Ethiopia are now being heard in
Sri Lanka as well.
